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Buffalo Trace 1989 Experimental Collection 21 Year Old 37.5cl / Rediscovered Barrels

Lot: 286888

Buffalo Trace 1989 Experimental Collection 21 Year Old 37.5cl / Rediscovered Barrels

Winning Bid: £380

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Lot:
Distillery: 
George T. Stagg
Age: 
21 Year Old
Vintage: 
1989
Region: 
Kentucky. USA
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
see lot description
Bottled Strength: 
45%
Bottle Size: 
37.5cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Buffalo Trace 1989 Experimental Collection 21 Year Old 37.5cl / Rediscovered Barrels

A historic distillery, Buffalo Trace was built in 1812 Harrison Blanton. It was then purchased by the legendary Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr in 1870, who named it OFC (Old Fashioned Copper) and invested heavily in its modernisation. So much so in fact that he declared himself bankrupt after just seven years, and George T. Stagg stepped in to rescue it, becoming its owner in 1878. He ran the distillery until his retirement in the 1890s, and it was renamed in his honour in 1904. Having survived Prohibition, it was bought up by the Schenley company in 1933, who ran it as part of their extensive portfolio for the next fifty years, eventually selling it to Age International. The latter's new Japanese ownership in 1992 had no interest in it (only in its brands), and immediately sold it to the Sazerac company, who renamed it Buffalo Trace in 1999.

A distillery with both enormous production capacity and warehouse space, the Sazerac Company has long had the privilege of being able to conduct numerous experiments in both distilling and ageing with its whiskey. The company estimates that it has over 30,000 experimental barrels in its warehouses, and as of 2006 has been releasing the fruits of these for enthusiasts to mull over.

This 21 year old was distilled back 1989 and were discovered uncatalogued in the Buffalo Trace warehouses. This was the first of three in release number 10.

This bottle is being sold from the Pat's Whisk(e)y private collection which, numbering in excess of 9,000 bottles and over 2,000 miniatures, is the single largest collection of whisky ever to be brought to auction. Pat's Whisk(e)y is the result of over fifteen years of passion and dedication to the goal of creating one of the most complete libraries of whisky and whiskey ever amassed by an individual collector. It contains bottles from over 150 different Scottish distilleries, as well as bourbon, rare Scotch releases from sought-after independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe. Whisky Auctioneer is delighted to have partnered with Pat's Whisk(e)y to offer this collection across a number of exclusive and spotlight auctions. For more information, please click here.

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